Fairs and Markets

Antiques fairs and markets offer a great way to browse and buy.

With so many exhibitors or stallholders in one place you can view a lot of different items quickly and compare prices and quality.

Depending on the event, the first day or morning may be for reserved for trade buyers before the general public gain access.

Some antiques markets are held weekly whereas some fairs may be quarterly, biannual, once a year or have some other frequency. Check the Calendar section of this website for details or view the listings every week in the Antiques Trade Gazette newspaper.

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Time and money well spent at 50th York Book Fair

30 September 2024

The PBFA event marked its half century with a busy and successful edition

Growing in the garden glasshouse

30 September 2024

A popular two-day biannual antiques and vintage fair run since 2017 in a large glasshouse at Coolings Garden Centre at Knockholt in Kent is growing in exhibitor numbers.

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Dealers reform their classic duo

27 September 2024

It's not just stars of Britpop who are reuniting. Two former business partners are making a one-off comeback for an appearance at a London fair.

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Five works to see at the British Art Fair

25 September 2024

Enjoyed by over 12,000 visitors a year, the British Art Fair hosts over 80 of the UK’s leading dealers. Here are some highlights to look out for.

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Poole Pottery plates take their place at popular event

23 September 2024

One of the most popular fairs in the Grandma’s Attic seven-venue portfolio across southern England is in Woking.

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The Antiques on High auction offering doubles up

23 September 2024

Vincent Page is launching a second monthly auction room in one of his five antique centres which are currently in Oxford, Sidmouth, Harrogate, Taunton and Bowness-on-Windermere all with the brand title of Antiques on High.

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Biennale in Florence attracts British dealers

23 September 2024

Prestigious Italian fair includes UK firms among the strong international contingent attending this year

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Arthur Swallow's Yorkshire event: Buyers who ‘know what they like’

23 September 2024

Traders taking part in North Yorkshire high-end outdoor fair say their customers are sharp and considered

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Horti organiser full of happiness

23 September 2024

Victoria event’s early September edition was one of the busiest that Matthew Adams has ever held

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Dolphin Arcade dealers in shock at eviction notice

20 September 2024

Once world-famous for its array of antique dealers, Portobello Road loses yet another historic arcade

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Vintage fashion catwalks into Royal Horticultural Hall

19 September 2024

Seeking a Thatcher-era neon lycra bodystocking? 1970s kaftan? Maybe you want something 'very demure, very mindful'. Matthew Adams' vintage fashion fair may have the answer.

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Rare set of Victorian snowflake prints among highlights at the Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair

18 September 2024

The Toronto Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair is a literary magnet for collectors, librarians, archivists, scholars, academics and dealers.

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Make dairy diary date

16 September 2024

Myrtle’s Courtyard on the 2000-acre Hampton Estate, near Farnham in Surrey, is a cluster of Victorian buildings, originally the Hampton dairy farm and milking parlour, which is now used for events.

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Coins: Numismatics trade looks ahead to flagship London fair

16 September 2024

Coinex, the most important event on the British calendar for many serious coin collectors, opens at the Biltmore Hotel in Mayfair on September 27-28.

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Auctioneer turned fair organiser announces locations for two new events

16 September 2024

An auctioneer who relocated to the West Country after working at a London saleroom for eight years has launched two antiques fairs.

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Event shows it’s grand up north

16 September 2024

Venerable fair that has been running since 1951 is still a very popular choice and boasts a devoted following

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Dealership Charles Ede appoints James Richards to boost fine art sales

11 September 2024

London firm Charles Ede is expanding its repertoire and has brought in James Richards to launch its new approach which includes a greater focus on fine art at this year's 'Frieze Masters'.

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Quality counts in Cornwall

09 September 2024

An example of how a high-end fair can work very well in areas where such events are completely unknown is the biannual Enys House Antiques Fair at Penryn in west Cornwall.

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Duo launch Sheffield staging

09 September 2024

Ian and Grahame Wilson of long-running Newcomen Fairs are expanding their events which are held in the Elsecar Heritage Centre, a range of restored Victorian buildings near Barnsley where they also own the 120-dealer Elsecar Antiques Centre.

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Art fair puts Barns-Graham in freeze focus for a showcase

09 September 2024

Modern British trailblazer’s works inspired by a Swiss glacier form centrepiece of event exhibition

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